Woman dead after police confrontation

ATLANTA - Authorities said a woman is dead Monday after a confrontation with police outside a Delta Air Lines facility near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Clayton County Police Lt. Tina Daniel said authorities think the woman was looking for a Delta employee at the Delta Technical Operations Center.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said at least one officer opened fire after the woman, who was armed, went past a security checkpoint in her car.

Bankhead said an autopsy will be held today, and investigators are trying to determine the circumstances of the shooting. Bankhead said it's not immediately known whether the woman died from police gunfire or a self-inflicted wound.

Daniel would not describe the relationship between the woman and the Delta employee.